# Incident 20020818021759I: Cessna 172RG, Coralsprings, FL, August 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2002, 16:10 local time
- Place: Coralsprings, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2707° N, 80.2593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coral Springs, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2707&lon=-80.2593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6215V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6215V-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020818021759I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) MR. SHIMON KAZES WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF CE-172RG, N6215V, DEPARTED KFXE AT ABOUT 1500. HE WENT OUT TO A LOCAL TRAINING AREA. ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, HE WENT FROM THE LEFT FUEL FEED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE ENGINE STARTED TO SURGE. THE PILOT WENT TO BOTH TANKS, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC AT FXE, TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM. IN THE MEANTIME THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A RE-START WITH NO AVAIL. HE WAS AT 2500 FT AGL. AND MADE A LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES OCCURRED. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED BY FLATBED TO FXE.

## Other reports on N6215V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050415005769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050415005769I), Apr 15, 2005: Cessna 172RG (N6215V), Worcester, MA, Minor damage. (-23) As stated by the PIC [privacy data omitted] at approximately 07:50 a.m. on Friday April 15, 2005 he was doing touch and goes at Worcester airport (orh).…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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